Kathryn Murdoch

[2] Murdoch's donations center on democracy reform, and among them is a $1 million contribution to The 19th, a news organization founded to increase awareness of issues related to fulfilling the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

[5] In 2014, she and her husband formed the Quadrivium Foundation,[5][6] which supports "initiatives that address the root causes of problems and where single actions can create multiple positive outcomes".

It is focused on five key areas: democracy, technology and society, scientific understanding, climate change, and the health of the world's oceans.

[8] In 2019, under the auspices of Quadrivium, she established a program focused on "finding and achieving solutions to identified problems in our democratic process", including structural changes and voter participation.

[2] In an FT Magazine profile in the weekend edition of the Financial Times, Murdoch's goal has been summarized as "reforming and moderating US politics.